Andrew Shepherd
Adelaide Medical School
Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
Dr Andrew Shepherd
MBBS MS FRACS (Urology)
Consultant Urological Surgeon, Royal Adelaide Hospital
Clinical Senior Lecturer, University of Adelaide
Andrew is a consultant urological surgeon at the Royal Adelaide Hospital. He completed urology training in Western Australia, South Australia and New South Wales, culminating in a fellowship year at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, gaining experience in major urological cancer surgery and robotic surgery. Andrew completed an additional clinical fellowship at the world renowned Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust in London, United Kingdom focussed on urological oncology and robotic surgery.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2024 - ongoing Consultant Urological Surgeon Royal Adelaide Hospital 2023 - ongoing Clinical Senior Lecturer University of Adelaide 2012 - 2022 Clinical Associate Lecturer University of Adelaide -
Awards and Achievements
Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount 2023 Award Pickard Robotic Training Grant Royal Australasian College of Surgeons/Foundation for Surgery Australia $32000 -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title 2014 - 2016 University of Sydney Australia Master of Surgery (MS) 2006 - 2011 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2023 - 2024 Fellowship Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust United Kingdom 2017 - 2022 Fellowship (FRACS) Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Australia -
Research Interests
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Journals
Year Citation 2025 Luo, H., Shepherd, A., Kovacic, J., Dhar, A., Rasiah, K., & Toon, C. (2025). An Unexpected Finding of a Large Mixed Epithelial and Stromal Tumor of the Bilateral Seminal Vesicles in a Patient with Lower Urinary Tract Obstruction. International Journal of Surgical Pathology.
2024 Kim, P., Kovacic, J., Shepherd, A., & Dhar, A. (2024). Thulium laser to intraurethral Gordian Knot: A novel technique. Urology Case Reports, 52, 102632.
2024 Kovacic, J., Canagasingham, A., Zhong, W., Lockhart, K., Dhar, A., Shepherd, A., & Chung, A. (2024). Evaluation of MV140 in preventing recurrent urinary tract infections: a multicentre double-blind randomized controlled trial protocol. BJU International, 133(S4), 37-43.
Scopus3 Europe PMC12024 Shepherd, A. R. H., Kovacic, J. L., & Dhar, A. (2024). Treatment advances improve survival in upper tract urothelial carcinoma. TRENDS IN UROLOGY & MENS HEALTH, 15(1), 17-21.
2024 Zhuo, K. Y., Razi, B., Kovacic, J., Shepherd, A., Dhar, A., & Rasiah, K. (2024). When the pelvic water balloon isn't the bladder. A rare case of a seminal vesicle cystic tumour causing lower urinary tract symptoms. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 94(6), 1184-1185.
2024 Tehrani, M. S., Shepherd, A., & Challacombe, B. (2024). Medtronic’s Hugo ™ robotic surgery system for robot-assisted radical prostatectomy: a systematic review of current worldwide experiences. Journal of Robotic Surgery, 18(1), 352-1-352-14.
2023 Kim, P. J. H., Kovacic, J. L., Dhar, A., Shepherd, A. R., & Winter, M. W. (2023). Open Approaches to Radical Nephrectomies: A Case Report of Bilateral T3b Renal Cell Carcinoma. JOURNAL OF UROLOGICAL SURGERY, 10(3), 287-289.
2023 Kovacic, J., Dhar, A., Shepherd, A., & Chung, A. (2023). A narrative review: evaluation and surgical management of persistent and recurrent urinary incontinence after previous surgical treatment. Translational Andrology and Urology, 12(5), 887-897.
Scopus22023 John, A., Ting, Y. Y., Shepherd, A., Lloyd, M., & Kuan, L. L. (2023). Urosepsis and hydronephrosis secondary to vaginal vault prolapse: A case report. Journal of Clinical Urology, 16(6), 679-682.
2022 Shepherd, A. R. H., Bunjo, Z., Sutherland, P., & Fuller, A. (2022). Robotic-assisted radical cystectomy with intracorporeal urinary diversion: Initial South Australian experience. Journal of Clinical Urology, 17(4), 205141582210848.
2021 Lin, H. -M., Huynh, K., Kohli, M., Tan, W., Azad, A. A., Yeung, N., . . . Horvath, L. G. (2021). Aberrations in circulating ceramide levels are associated with poor clinical outcomes across localised and metastatic prostate cancer. Prostate Cancer and Prostatic Diseases, 24(3), 860-870.
Scopus21 WoS12 Europe PMC172020 Shepherd, A. R. H., Joshi, R., Tan, C. P., Cohen, P., & Brook, N. R. (2020). Inferior vena cava thrombectomy following complete response to nivolumab/ipilimumab for metastatic renal cell carcinoma. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 90(7-8), 1517-1519.
Scopus7 WoS4 Europe PMC42017 Shepherd, A., Shepherd, E., & Brook, N. (2017). Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin with interferon-alpha versus intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for treating non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2017(3), 65 pages.
Scopus46 WoS33 Europe PMC282017 Shepherd, A., Hoh, I., Goh, E., Cohen, P., & Steele, D. (2017). Aggressive renal tumour: squamous cell carcinoma with sarcomatoid differentiation. ANZ Journal of Surgery, 87(12), 1054-1056.
Scopus2 Europe PMC12016 Shepherd, A. R., Shepherd, E., & Brook, N. R. (2016). Intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin with interferon-alpha versus intravesical Bacillus Calmette-Guérin for treating non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2016(3).
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2016 Shepherd, A., & Bain, E. (2016). Can urologists stay 'up-to-date' with prostate cancer research publication rates and scatter?. In BJU INTERNATIONAL Vol. 117 (pp. 107). Gold Coast, AUSTRALIA: WILEY-BLACKWELL. -
Conference Items
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2023 - ongoing Member Younger Fellows Advisory Committee, SA Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Australia -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2017 - ongoing Member Australian and New Zealand Urogenital and Prostate Cancer Trials Group Australia 2017 - ongoing Member American Urological Association United States 2016 - ongoing Member European Association of Urology Netherlands 2016 - ongoing Member Urological Society of Australia and New Zealand Australia 2016 - ongoing Member Royal Australasian College of Surgeons Australia -
Editorial Boards
Date Role Editorial Board Name Institution Country 2017 - ongoing Associate Editor Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Cochrane Urology Australia
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